It is not often that most of the women on “The View” agree on a controversial subject, but when Sherri Shepherd declared. “A man does not have a vagina,” nobody contradicted her.
That fact shouldn’t be in dispute, but in the case of Thomas Beatie, it is. Beatie, a woman who had a sex change to become a “man,” kept her female reproductive parts and has been labeled, incorrectly, by most of the media as the first “pregnant man.”
But Shepherd correctly pointed out the obvious: “The baby came out of a vagina. A woman has a vagina,” and called Beatie “legally a man, but is a woman who had a baby.” And while Barbara Walters was hesitant to completely agree that Beatie is a woman, she did not contradict the statement either.
She did, however, note that Beatie claims that what makes you a man or a woman is, “if you think like a man or a woman, if you feel like a man. It doesn’t matter what your reproductive organs are.”
Whoopi Goldberg quickly and adamantly answered, “If you have a baby vaginally, you're a woman…its one thing to think that you're feeling about some thing, but there are certain things you can't do…and men… cannot have babies.” And once again, nobody questioned the assertion.
Apparently all of the hosts of “The View” passed their grade school science class, unlike most of the media.
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I'm so confused...
June 10, 2009 - 15:29 ET by JTP"what makes you a man or a woman is, “if you think like a man or a woman, if you feel like a man"
I guess I must watch this show more often. I feel so undereducated when I just read the transcript.
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Gender confused?
June 10, 2009 - 15:34 ET by sevenThis sheman is disgusting. Manshe??
children iof gays are 7 times more likely to be gay. That refutes it is genetic claim. Two people of one sex are not the biological parents of a child.
I believe...
June 10, 2009 - 15:48 ET by Mike Sargent...and I could possibly be wrong, honestly...I think the term is actually "shemale." Don't quote me on that though, this is far outside my realm of education and experience...
I'm confused too.
June 10, 2009 - 15:33 ET by Kingfish17Didn't there used to be a man on The View who posed as a woman?
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Sorry, you're thinking of
June 10, 2009 - 15:40 ET by SickofLibsSorry, you're thinking of the Rachel Maddow Show.
→ Same old argument
June 10, 2009 - 15:34 ET by Cool Arrow1. Abortion is morally wrong
2. Abortion is legal
1. Realistically, a vagina indicates woman
2. Legally, a vagina may indicate manhood.
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Can't the FCC stop letting channels
June 10, 2009 - 15:35 ET by Daniel BakerShow topless pictures of this mutilated woman?
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They get paid for this.
June 10, 2009 - 15:39 ET by mattmThey get paid for this.
Let me tell ya' 'bout the
June 10, 2009 - 15:46 ET by bigtimerLet me tell ya' 'bout the birds and the bees...the flowers and the trees...
Geesh!
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What Makes a Woman?
June 10, 2009 - 16:07 ET by Anneke9The ultimate arbitor of whether a person is a man or a woman is their DNA. You can add parts, take parts off, alter parts but the chromosomes don't lie... or spew relativistic nonsense (you are what you "feel").
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Thats right, either you have
June 11, 2009 - 02:03 ET by MrSnugglesThats right, either you have XY or XX chromosomes.
Paging Dr. Whoopi, paging Dr. Whoopi
June 10, 2009 - 16:08 ET by SickofLibs“If you have a baby vaginally, you're a woman…"
Does she think we can grow babies to term in laboratory glassware? But thanks for the biology lesson, Whoops.
ps: A little known fact is that noted newsman Edward R. Olbermann was the first live ANAL birth in the US. He had a twin, but it turned out to be just a hemorrhoid.
Scary stuff
June 10, 2009 - 16:08 ET by danebramageAs I've written elsewhere, this is the same logical nightmare represented by the notion of "gay marriage." When you give the government the power to redefine things any old way it wants to, this is what results.
And when the government does it, you are forced to go along...or else.
I'm Glad I'm Not the Only One.
June 10, 2009 - 16:21 ET by someloudthunderI'm glad I'm not the only one who realizes the "Pregnant Man" is just a confused woman with a horrible case of unwarranted self-importance.
how about the DNA?
June 10, 2009 - 16:36 ET by RousseYou can rearrange the parts all you want, but until medical science figures out how to change the DNA, Thomas Beatie is still a female.
Exactly!
June 11, 2009 - 08:51 ET by geg_tabThat is a very crucial point. I'm so sick of the media skipping that point! Poor kids are going to be so messed up because the balance of the mother and father are not there.
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ABC biggest offender
June 10, 2009 - 18:05 ET by Texndoc"And while Barbara Walters was hesitant to completely agree that Beatie is a woman..."
During the first go round with this ridiculous story, it was ABC that promoted the "pregnant man" theme so heavily and ran show after show on this nonsense.
This was the network that
June 10, 2009 - 21:43 ET by Radical1979This was the network that had a story on a new type of love, not hetero or homo sexual. I forget the term but it was about people who "fall in love" with inanimate objects and think they have a relationship with them. One woman "married" or "committed" to the Eiffel Tower and changed her last name to Eiffel. She, and ABC, should just be committed.
And a new book hits the
June 10, 2009 - 21:56 ET by HockeyKidAnd a new book hits the kids' market: "Heather Has Two Mommies, But One of Them Horribly Mutilated Herself And Is Very Confused".
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Sometimes you feel like a nut
June 10, 2009 - 23:17 ET by CobraMan"if you think like a man or a woman, if you feel like a man. It doesn’t matter what your reproductive organs are."
If that's true, then why didn't you have your uterus and vagina removed when you changed your "gender?" Why did you keep your female reproductive organs, if they really don't matter? Could it be that you KNOW that men can't get pregnant? I would have to say that the answer to that question is: YES!
That proves you KNOW you're really a woman and you're LYING (and to everyone else)to yourself when you say you're not. There's a term for that type of behavior. It's call self-delusion and you can get psychiatric treatment for that.
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I seriously pity the
June 11, 2009 - 02:05 ET by MrSnugglesI seriously pity the children that this demented woman is having.